Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

indefinite

/ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪt/ adjective, noun

Forms indefinites

  1. adjective Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite. “Your account will be suspended for an indefinite period of time.”
  2. adjective Vague or unclear. “She gave an indefinite answer which nobody really understood.”
  3. adjective Undecided or uncertain. “I'm still indefinite about what I'm going to study at college.”
  4. adjective (mathematics) Being an integral without specified limits. “Don't forget to m the +C when calculating indefinite integrals.”
  5. adjective (linguistics) Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things. “the indefinite article”
  6. noun (grammar) A word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.

Synonyms

unlimited unrestricted hazy undefined indeterminate unsettled indecisive unsure primitive antiderivative vague

Antonyms

definite

Etymology

L. indefinitus. See In- not, and Definite.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc. It were to be wished that . . . men would leave off that indefinite way of vouching, "the chymists say this," or "the chymists affirm that." Boyle.
  2. adjective Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as indefinite space; the indefinite extension of a straight line.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “indefinite”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “indefinite” (best matches first).

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